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Walter H. G. Lewin

Walter H. G. Lewin

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Physics

D-Index
92
Citations
28821
World Ranking
2116
National Ranking
1080

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding observational work on the time variations and spectra of galactic xray sources, and in particular for his studies and interpretations of bursting and pulsating phenomena in binary xray sources
  • 1993 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Walter H. G. Lewin is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their scientific career includes recognition by notable organizations and awards spanning several decades.

In 1996, they were named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation highlighting their observational work on the time variations and spectra of galactic X-ray sources. The citation particularly notes their studies and interpretations of bursting and pulsating phenomena in binary X-ray sources.

Earlier, in 1993, Walter H. G. Lewin was inducted into the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Prior to that, in 1984, they became a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, an acknowledgment granted to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship.

The research and academic profile available does not include specific details on publications, coauthors, or fields of study beyond the stated awards. No recent papers, frequent coauthors, book publications, or publication venues are listed, nor are there main fields, subfields, or topics of study disclosed in the data.

Walter H. G. Lewin's professional record, as documented, centers predominantly on their awarded contributions and affiliations, indicating a career with recognized impact in the area of astrophysics, particularly involving galactic X-ray phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Compact Stellar X-ray Sources

    Walter H. G. Lewin;Michiel van der Klis

  • X-RAY BINARIES

    W.H.G. Lewin;J.A. van Paradijs;E.P.J. van den Heuvel

  • X-ray bursts

    Walter H. G. Lewin;Jan Van Paradijs;Ronald E. Taam

  • Accretion-driven stellar X-ray sources

    W.H.G. Lewin;E.P.J. Van Del Heuvel

  • The evolution of the timing properties of the black-hole transient GX 339-4 during its 2002/2003 outburst

    T. Belloni;J. Homan;J. Homan;P. Casella;P. Casella;M. van der Klis

  • Dynamical Formation of Close Binary Systems in Globular Clusters

    D. Pooley;W. H. G. Lewin;S. F. Anderson;H. Baumgardt

  • Dynamical Formation of Close Binary Systems in Globular Clusters

    David Pooley;Walter H. G. Lewin;Scott F. Anderson;Holger Baumgardt

  • Discovery of submillisecond quasi-periodic oscillations in the x-ray flux of scorpius X-1

    M.B.M. van der Klis;J.H. Swank;W. Zhang;K. Jahoda

  • Discovery of Sub-Millisecond Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the X-Ray Flux of Scorpius X-1

    M. Van der Klis;J. H. Swank;W. Zhang;K. Jahoda

  • Intensity-dependent quasi-periodic oscillations in the X-ray flux of GX5 - 1

    M. van der Klis;F. Jansen;J. van Paradijs;W.H.G. Lewin

  • Evidence for Spin and Energy Extraction in a Galactic Black Hole Candidate: The XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn Spectrum of XTE J1650-500

    J. M. Miller;A. C. Fabian;R. Wijnands;C. S. Reynolds

  • Evidence of Spin and Energy Extraction in a Galactic Black Hole Candidate: The XMM-Newton/EPIC-pn Spectrum of XTE J1650-500

    J.M. Miller;A.C. Fabian;R.A.D. Wijnands;C.S. Reynolds

  • The HEAO 1 A-4 catalog of high-energy X-ray sources

    A. M. Levine;F. L. Lang;W. H. G. Lewin;F. A. Primini

  • Chandra/High energy transmission grating spectrometer spectroscopy of the galactic black hole GX 339-4: a relativistic iron emission line and evidence for a Seyfert-like warm absorber

    J.M. Miller;J. Raymond;A.C. Fabian;J. Homan

  • An absorption feature in the spectrum of the pulsed hard X-ray flux from 4U0115 + 63

    Wm. A. Wheaton;J. P. Doty;F. A. Primini;B. A. Cooke

  • Dual character of the rapid burster and a classification of X-ray bursts

    Jeffrey A. Hoffman;Herman L. Marshall;Walter H. G. Lewin

  • Searches for millisecond pulsations on low-mass x-ray binaries

    B.A. Vaughan;M.B.M. van der Klis;K.S. Wood;J.P. Norris

  • Chandra/HETGS Spectroscopy of the Galactic Black Hole GX 339-4: A Relativistic Iron Line and Evidence for a Seyfert-like Warm Absorber

    J. M. Miller;J. Raymond;A. C. Fabian;J. Homan

  • Simultaneous Chandra and RXTE Spectroscopy of the Microquasar H~1743-322: Clues to Disk Wind and Jet Formation from a Variable Ionized Outflow

    J. M. Miller;J. Raymond;J. Homan;A. C. Fabian

  • The discovery of rapidly repetitive X-ray bursts from a new source in Scorpius

    W.H.G. Lewin;J. Doty;G.W. Clark;S.A. Rappaport

Frequent Co-Authors

J. van Paradijs
J. van Paradijs University of Amsterdam
M. van der Klis
M. van der Klis University of Amsterdam
Jon M. Miller
Jon M. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mariano Mendez
Mariano Mendez University of Groningen
Rudy Wijnands
Rudy Wijnands University of Amsterdam
Chryssa Kouveliotou
Chryssa Kouveliotou George Washington University
Peter G. Jonker
Peter G. Jonker Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Tomaso Belloni
Tomaso Belloni National Institute for Astrophysics
Bryan Gaensler
Bryan Gaensler University of California, Santa Cruz
Dimitrios Psaltis
Dimitrios Psaltis University of Arizona

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